I did a search for this question but didn't really come up with a result so I thought I might ask here.

I have seen that people have ruled on the proper way to handle the Self-Preservation objective. Simply, the additional force icon is only granted to your units who are commited to the force.

My question is this: how did this become the ruling? The text on the card is remarkably open in terms of its wording. It doesn't say that it only effects units commited to the force. In fact, FFG even makes a special note in one of their press releases concerning the objective set in which they report that it very specifically DOESN'T say that (found HERE ).

It seems to me that the wording of "each unit you control..." implies ALL of your units that are currently in play, not just those commited to the force. I'm curious as to the line of logic used to now intrepret the text as "each unit you control that is also commited to the force...".

What have I missed?

I really appreciate the help!

I don't know where you're getting that people claim it's only units committed to the force that gain the extra force icon. Anyone who does say that is incorrect.

That said, 99% of the time it won't matter that a unit not committed to the force has an extra force icon. It doesn't matter that Han has 4 icons now if he's not committed, after all. The exception, of course, being cards like Unwavering Resolve (as pointed out in the preview article).

Like dbmeboy said, it adds the orb to all units but only units committed to the force (or added to the struggle via unwavering resolve.) count their orbs during the struggle.

With the next cycle being force focused there's a chance for more cards like unwavering resolve for all sorts of affiliations.

There could even be cards that target units with less than X force orbs, something like "during the force struggle destroy one unit with less than 2 force orbs." This card could then protect a lot of weenies.